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The Florists' Review 



OCTOBKB 28, 1915. 



most a duplicate of the headquarters at 

 119 West Twenty-eighth street. This 

 concern had the misfortune last week 

 t» lose one of its valuable horses by 

 drowning. 



Madison avenue is fast becoming the 

 retail florists' Mecca, three new stores 

 having been opened in the last few 

 weeks. The latest is that of "William 

 EJitfaer, at 754. Mr. ' Kather formerly 

 waa with Wadley & Smythe and is a 

 decorator of wide reputation. 



New counters, iceboxes and all the 

 usual facilities for an extensive busi- 

 ness now are complete at the new store 

 of Riedel & Meyer, Inc., at 48 West 

 Twenty-eighth street. 



Chairman Henshaw, of the transpor- 

 tation committee, states that there will 

 be a special car for Cleveland on the 

 New York Central, train leaving its 

 Station at 5:30 p. m. Tuesday, Novem- 

 ber 9. The fare is $25.38 round trip. 

 It is probable that twenty or more will 

 go. J. Austin Shaw. 



The annual fall inspection tours of 

 the New York and New Jersey Associa- 

 tion of Plant Growers have again been 

 arranged. Tiie tour over Long Island 

 will take place Friday, October 29. The 

 party will start from the office of Wil- 

 liam H. Siebrecht, Jr., Queens Plaza 

 Court building, Long Island City, at 9 

 a. m., and will travel in touring cars 

 furnished by the members to visit the 

 establishments in Long Island City, 

 Woodside, Elmhurst, Middle "Village, 

 Flushing, Whitestone, Jamaica and 

 Flatbush. The trip through New Jersey 

 will take place Friday, November 5. 

 Messrs. Zeller and Wagner are the com- 

 mittee which has the Long Island trip 

 in charge, and Messrs. Fiesser and 

 Schoelzel have charge of the Jersey 

 trip, 



BRAMPTON, ONT. 



The Market. 



Business is better than the most san- 

 guine expectations; in fact, it is posi- 

 tively brisk and encouraging. Delight- 

 ful fall weather has set inj thus render- 

 ing firing easy. Outdoors the men are 

 engaged in drawing sod and planting 

 bulbs. Bulbs this season are a credit 

 to the growers. If we could always 

 get such stock without having to go to 

 war it would be a much greater credit. 

 . Valley has advanced in price to $4 

 for No. 1 quality and $3 for No. 2 

 quality. The demand keeps up. Beau- 

 ties are plentiful and of good color, 

 and the new varieties of roses are in 

 large demand. Orchids were scarce 

 last week, owing to the great demand 

 from the large cities across the border, 

 but Cattleya labiata and C. Trianse will 

 be plentiful again in a few days. Vio- 

 lets are in full crop and meet a ready 

 sale at 50 cents per hundred, and mums 

 are now beginning to arrive in large 

 quantities. 



Various Notes. 



The last of a batch of 50,000 pteris 

 from the Dale Estate was cleared out 

 last week. The stock is better than 

 any other ever grown at the Dale Es- 

 tate. 



As there is to be no flower show at 

 Toronto this fall, the Ontario Horticul- 

 tural Society's annual convention will 

 be held in the Parliament building, To- 

 ronto, November 10 and 11. 



The taxpayers of Georgetown, near 



Brampton, recently passed a by-law 

 whereby a loan of $30,000 was made to 

 the Glass Gardeii Builders' Co. for the 

 purpose of erecting a factory in the 

 town. 



J. H. Dunlop and party visited the 

 Dale Estate last week to view the green- 

 houses. Frank Dunlop leaves shortly 

 to take a course at Cornell University. 



W. G. P. 



NASHVILLE, TENN. 



The Market. 



The last fortnight has been ideal fall 

 weather, rather warmer than normal, 

 and with the disappearance of outdoor 

 stock there has been a decidedly better 

 tone to the market; in fact, all agree 

 that we are having good business con- 

 ditions, fully as good as before the war. 



Boses continue plentiful and the qual- 

 ity is improving every week. Carna- 

 tions are in full crop and the quality 

 is good, although they still lack some- 

 thing in size. There are plenty of first- 

 class chrysanthemums at last, but no 

 surplus has developed as yet. There 

 are practically no American Beauty 

 roses on the market here at present. 

 Orchids are fairly plentiful, but not so 

 abundant that they will not clean up 

 at $1 apiece. Orchids here mean cat- 

 tleyas, for, although we see some good 

 ones of other varieties at times, they 

 do not sell, possibly because they have 

 never been offered in sufficient numbers 

 to acquaint the public with them. In 

 general, prices, both wholesale and re- 

 tail, are satisfactory; in fact, prices are 

 rather better than in an average year. 



Everyone seems to have plenty of 

 valley and no one seems to be worry- 

 ing about the future. There still are 

 plenty of pips on hand to last for sev- 

 eral weeks. 



Those who handle the most Dutch 

 bulbs report that business has been un- 

 usually good thus far this fall. We are 

 told that some varieties are growing 

 scarce already. The demand for tulips 

 has been especially good. A few years 

 ago tulips did not sell at all w611 here, 

 as the early varieties bloom in this 

 climate before they develop any stem 

 to speak of. The introduction of the 

 taller Darwins has brought the demand. 



Various Notes. 



The Joy Floral Co. has laid cement 

 walks in all its greenhouses. It is a 

 great improvement, as the walks are not 

 only always dry to the feet of the 

 workmen, but they make it much easier 

 to roll the barrows when handling soil 

 or fertilizer. This is a new departure 

 for Nashville. The company is plan- 

 ning a new office building for next 

 spring. 



We note that Haury & Sons have 

 been making an improved showing in 

 their windows of late. We saw some 

 fine large chrysanthemums at their place 

 this week. This firm seems to be hav- 

 ing exceptional success with the grow- 

 ing end this year. 



Geny Bros, are handling a line of ex- 

 ceptionally beautiful aquariums. They 

 are on stands that are about three feet 

 tall and are so arranged that they hold 

 pot plants as well as fish. One makes 

 a good ornament in a store, and they 

 are a good side line for the trade. 



.Toe Brown, of Lischey's Gardens, is 

 beginning to improve his place again. 

 Two years ago he thought he was going 

 to die so soon that it was of no use 



to improve. He seems perfects well 

 again. F. B. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Tbe Market. 



The last week has seen business go 

 flat again, after a busy period of about 

 two weeks' duration. However, some 

 good orders have been placed for Hal- 

 loween, for which a good supply of 

 stock is promised. Saturday was the 

 best day of the week and most of the 

 stock was moved. There was a good 

 quantity of funeral work. Weddings 

 are not numerous and they are small 

 affairs. 



Stock has been good and fairly plenti- 

 ful. Chrysanthemums are the chief 

 sellers, in yellow, pink, lavender and 

 white, and their quality is fine. Chrys- 

 oloras are especially good and sell splen- 

 didly. Quantities of roses are arriving 

 daily. The new rose, Mrs. Hearst, is 

 particularly well liked. Sunburst, 

 Ward, Hoosier Beauty and Hadley are 

 excellent and iare purchased in prefer- 

 ence to some of the older kinds. Car- 

 nations are improving, but the crop is 

 not heavy. Easter lilies are good and 

 sell fairly well. Valley is also good. 

 Orchids and gardenias move slowly. A 

 few sweet peas were in the market last 

 week and sold well. Violets are making 

 their first appearance and sell readily. 

 Dahlias have been plentiful and of fine 

 quality. Pansies are good, but the 

 short stems prevent many sales. Mig- 

 nonette, tuberoses, daisies and bouvar- 

 dias complete the stock. Flowering 

 plants are becoming more plentiful. 



Various Notes. 



Visitors last week included G. Eeising, 

 of L. Baumann & Co., Chicago; William 

 Dykes, of Ed. Jansen, New York; a 

 representative of the Manhattan Rib- 

 bon Co., New York, and E. F. Kennon, 

 of the Climax Mfg. Co., Castorland, 

 N. Y. 



George B. Hart and George Cramer 

 were in Buffalo, N. Y., last week on a 

 business trip. 



The Rochester Florists' Bowling 

 Club met at the Elks' Club last week 

 for practice previous to the Cleveland 

 trip. 



E. C. Armbrust was responsible for 

 the decoration at the Powers hotel last 

 week, the event being a donation for 

 the Home of the Friendless. Large 

 quantities of pink dahlias and pink 

 and white cosmos were used. Business 

 with Mr. Armbrust is excellent and he 

 is well pleased with so good a begin- 

 ning. 



October 19 was Apple day in westen 

 New York. Scores of business houses 

 made their windows a big attraction by 

 the use of beautiful displays of apples. 

 Among the florists taking part were 

 Salter Bros., J. B. Keller Sons, H. E. 

 Wilson and the Rochester Floral Co. 

 H. E. Wilson did not enter the prize 

 contest, but was awarded honorable 

 mention. His window was artistically 

 arranged with a huge horn of plenty, 

 the mouth of which was full of choice 

 apples. Several baskets of specimen 

 apples also were shown, and there were 

 baskets and vases of large yellow and 

 white chrysanthemums, with a back- 

 ground of palms and ferns. Crowds of 

 people visited this display. 



A song has been written and set to 

 music by one of our florists. Max Faw- 

 bezek. Music and flowers are a good 



